These tutorials will show you how to digitize archaeological features from terrestrial scan data. Hint: You can click on any image to see a larger version.

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

Before beginning a digitizing project in Rapidform consider what final products are required. Archaeological projects might require…

A 2D TECHNICAL ELEVATION OR PLAN

A 2D technical elevation or plan.

Technical elevations and plans utilize standardized conventions to represent 3D objects in 2D and include both metrical information and annotations. The multi-phase plan familiar from excavation is a classic example of technical drawing in archaeology.

AN ANNOTATED 3D MODEL

An annotated 3D model.

Rather than creating a simplified vectorized model of 3D scan data, annotations and measurements are placed directly onto the scan data. The scan data is cleaned but remains undifferentiated in either a point cloud or mesh format.

Annotations on scan data can indicate interpretations, like the presence of abrasions, or measurements, or vector overlays on salient features.

AN ANNOTATED 3D INTERPRETIVE MODEL

An annotated 3D interpretive model.

An interpretive 3D model is analogous to the 2D technical plan. It uses breaklines and solids to represent the form of the object and can include annotations and metrical information. Normally it will not include the original scan or mesh data.

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